This Sovereign Isle: Britain in and Out of Europe

by Robert Tombs

Book Overview

A leading pro-Brexit intellectual examines the historical context of the referendum vote, engaging with the arguments and fears of both sides

Geography comes before history. Islands cannot have the same history as continental plains. The United Kingdom is a European country, but not the same kind of European country as Germany, Poland or Hungary. For most of the 150 centuries during which Britain has been inhabited it has been on the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0141995025
• ISBN13: 9780141995021
• Release Date: November 2022
• Publisher: Penguin Group
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.81 lbs.